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As far back as 1873, experiments were carried out to see whether the electric trolley system applied to omnibuses could be adapted to ploughing and tilling fields. In 1913, 1, 600 "trolley/cable ploughs were in use across Germany. The arrival of the gasoline tractor relegated the use of electricity to electroculture, short haul farm machinery and lawn mowers. But it is only with the availability of the lithium-ion battery during the last decad...

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During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck has got back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in a series covering the history and future of electric transport, this book chronicles the work of the innovative engineers who perfected e-trucks large and small.

Today's ever-growing fleets of one-wheel, two-wheel and three-wheel light electric vehicles can now be counted in their hundreds of millions. In this third installment of his electric transport history series, the author covers the lives of the innovative engineers who have developed these e-wheelers.

Until the 1990s electricity could only remain a faithful accessory to piston aircraft, but with the arrival of lightweight construction materials, solar power, improved engines and the LiPo battery, the skies opened up to a whole fleet of electric aircraft around the world. About aviation's third revolution, this book also outlines the diversity of future trends for electric aircraft in the 21st century.

In the latter half of the 19th century Gustave Pierre Trouvé, a modest but brilliant Parisian electrical engineer, conceived and patented some 75 inventions, including the endoscope, the electric car and the frontal headlamp. This first-ever biography of Trouvé details the fascinating life of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor once dubbed "the French Edison".

Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and--despite the advent of the internal combustion engine--continued with the perfecting of the modern turbo-electric ship. Sustainable and hybrid technologies, pioneered in small inland watercraft toward the end of the 20th century, have in recent years been scaled up to create integrated electric drives for the largest ocean-going vessels. This comprehensive history traces...

As world demand for electrical energy increases, it will be the ingenuity and skill of brilliant electrochemists that enables us to utilize the planet's mineral reserves responsibly. This biographical dictionary profiles 85 electrochemists from 19 nations who during the past 270 years have researched and developed ever more efficient batteries and energy cells.

Great Britain has its own version of the Bermuda Triangle, the notorious South Southeast 1650 Line, where an unusual number of aviation accidents and disappearances have taken place, and where lost airmen and their aircraft are occasionally to be seen in flight decades after their disappearance.Hard-headed American aviation enthusiasts may be surprised to learn of the level of interest in psychic phenomena among their British counterparts. The...